postr/StutterJanuary 20, 2025

Does anyone actually notice a mild stutter? It's been driving me mad for a while.

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Does anyone actually notice a mild stutter? It's been driving me mad for a while. I've actually become aware a while ago that my dysfluency is a bit beyond normal — I can't tell if it's actually noticeable or not. Obviously, no random person says anything, I've never been bullied specifically for it or anything, and my family is used to it to the point of tuning it out because it's just how I talk. But I'm sort of stuck in this in between of "do they know or do they not know" and it has me wildly self conscious [y'all, sorry about my face and the whole video situation :/ It's horribly awkward. I just feel like there's stuff I can't explain without actually showing]

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Anticipation & AvoidanceEmotional ExperienceIdentity & Disability

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Overthinking & MonitoringAnxiety & Social JudgmentIdentity & Self-Perception